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[–] 18 points 1 year ago

That's what podcasts are for

Unless you start running pirate radio or open a radio station of your own

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Stay away from mainstream media. I stopped watching TV 20 years ago for this very reason. I refuse to support propagandists and liars.

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    [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Yup, you've mentioned the solution. Podcasts. Even for podcasts, just swipe away the ones you don't like the title of .

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Try satellite radio like XM. Lots of channels to surf

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Like AM/FM?

    Pretty sure those are effectively defunct except for constant adverts or emergency use.

    I mean, people used to use Shortwave Radios to receive info from foreign countries when they live in an authoritarian regime, but nowadays, most of those Shortwave radios got shutdown and now its filled with religious broadcasts and conspiracy bs. People just use a VPN for foreign info these days. AM/FM is going through the same fate.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You are wrong my man. Lots of wonderful local non profit stations out there. Check out WFMU for an example, they also produce podcasts of their FM shows. https://wfmu.org/

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Yep one of my favorites is out of Akron Ohio! TheSummit.FM

    It's the only station I know that takes time to actuall play local music. They also have shows like "Cruisin' the Decades" with music from the 30s to now. That is now played on a whole ton of other stations nationwide including shortwave. Then there's "The Ongoing History of New Music" which only aired in Canada until they discovered it and picked it up.

    Publicly funded, little to no ads and NO MORNING TALK SHOW!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    This is highly regional. I don't get the down votes. And, asking about radio options, makes it sound like OP wants local info, so it's probably a regional request. I don't even get the same radio options at opposing ends of my commute.

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